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EU: Report reveals 'extensive' violence against women in EU - One in three women report physical or sexual abuse since age of 15, with largest number of victims in Denmark

05 March 2014

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"Violence against women is "an extensive human rights abuse" across Europe with one in three women reporting some form of physical or sexual abuse since the age of 15 and 8% suffering abuse in the last 12 months, according to the largest survey of its kind on the issue, published on Wednesday."

See the article: Report reveals 'extensive' violence against women in EU - One in three women report physical or sexual abuse since age of 15, with largest number of victims in Denmark (Guardian, link), and see: Full report (link)

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